I'm not sure I understand. Were they reading to someone they know?

They have read to a retired teacher, stay at home parent, and my husband. If they struggled with a word, the video delay caused problems.

By the time the misread word was heard by the listener, the kids would already be on the next sentence.

The lower groups got distracted easily too and without a leader's finger to point to where they were, they were often on the wrong page.

This took so much extra time that the lower groups rarely got through the reading assignment.

Mmm...I've never noticed a delay when using Skype.

Instead of using Skype, Could you try voice thread? You could do it as a culminating activity after they've read the book several times and

are fluent. Each child could read a page. Voice thread would thread them together giving you a complete story.

I don't know what voice thread is?

Go to this link voicethread.com/?#q Then click on what should be the first box called: What is a Voice Thread

Thanks!